The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-12
DID Nor Scare Him.

"a ~ D4l QUA ElL A414I ~ e. a ks
SUI Of US boys took W the notion Of glTIn Of
him q cnivaree. that IS 4 sort Of tin pan an
rartls-rrap surnade. None Of u fellers down
al the bayou had any c01nienoe in Buck ;
love fur Liza Phillips, cause she wa Mt a
tall and likely woman, an 10 tel YOU the
truth she would a married me. Is old an
ugly as / am II amt no boast 70 say this,
fur-waIl. tell You whut's fack. she would
married SIN Peters, thar, wouldn't she,
Sim
That's whut she said, Lige,7 Sin re-
plied-
Vas. sur. that's what she did ssy. an.
Gentlemen. YOU al know that a woman that
would marry Sim, thar. has got d powerful
spite agin' single life Wall. as | say. We
didn't have no confidence IN Bucks love for
the woman, an knowed in reason that he
had married her jest to have somebody 70
take ke-e OF his little bow while he was al
work Buck Is rough old fsIler, you know.
al would as soon knock a man heels over
head as 70 take chaw Of terbacker. an he's
powerful fond Of terbacke-. TOO. as YOU 20
along. Buck got married early Ii the morn
In an tuck his wife on a sort Of bridal jaunt
down b. the river an over at the store. an
all this time we was making preparations
for our part Of the affair. Sim. thar. got an
old bass drum. that the niggers use when
they have a funeral. an George Heniin got
boat. Joe Parker tuck an old bull fiddle
wall. some Of rs had one thing an some an
other wIncln' up with me. armed with COP
per kettle that You m0ut hear fur five miles.
Airtsr IL got dark | SAYS. 'fellfrs. times up:
let's move Joe Parker sorther hiI back. an
says he. 'fellers, l feel sOTtsr jubus about
these rangeInents.
- Amt afeerd Of him. hope saws L
No. amt afeerd Of nothin' that Is
dzrCTrS Tr1T fbir-c-x that
10 danger in makes me feel sOrter squawly.
/ don't konw why IL Is, but its thater way
shore a. YOU bornd.
= Wall: now said Sim. thar amt but one
way to put up that feeiin' Of yOurn. an
that is on the ground that you air skeerd Of
him You air skeeru Of him. You air
skeerd that he mout come out an siam the
daylights Outen YOU. | acknowledge that he
VIII come a-tearln' out like mad bull. but
ever one Of us kin outrun him
" oh, | won't break up the fun, says
Parker. fur know. ike all the balance Of
you, that he married the woman lust on
account of that little rascal OF a bow
I'm ready 70 go now, 50 squirt your dye
stuff
I'VE waited till bedtime. an we lowed
that we'd walk slow an GIN him time to
git to sleep, fur eff thar is on the top side of
the Lord -almighty's green yeth the sounds
Of torment, it is the noise of chiyeree
waain' a teller outen a nap. We poked
along the road, easy, 50 as not to tract no
body, an drlv up at Buck house without
bein' seed
e 'Fellers. said l, when we get over the
fence into Bucks yard. let's rest a little 80
we ken jolt him scandlus with the the first
break.
" Gentlemen replied Parker. 4 tell YOU
l feel sorter skittish about this here bust
ness
Blaze looser said l.
. Hold on mint said Parker, he amt
gone to bed Don't you see the light in
thar
- He keeps that burnin' 50 he ken see
how TO kiver up his boy all durin' the
night; .
Teller Hn mout think we'd come 70 taze
his pap out and larrup MIN. You know
the Frazier boys all dubbed together and
come over to larrup old Buck onct cause ne
slapped one Of EN-, an that the little Teller
| screamed an tuck on so they didn't have the
heart to foller up the subjeck'
Vas said Sim, but that's been sorne
time ago, befo' the boy put on britches I'll
bet You the whole neighborhood couldn't
skeer him now. Pass the Ticker
THE bottle went round and we all tuck a
| stiff snort
'Whut do you think about it now. Par
kerr ssid |.
Wall, dunno. What do YOU think,
Amos? turnin' to oneo of the boys that hadn't
said nothin'
I'm in fur it, UT wouldn't er come in
the fust place. Thar amt nothin' meaiy-
mouthed about me. As Sim says. [ don't
blieve the whole neighborhood could skeer
the boy, Mout "a 'done it befo' he put on
brltches, but sense he put 'em on, You know,
he's mighty mannish'
But the most mannish boy ken be skeerd
by such contrapshuns as these here, said
Parker.
Here said Sim, pass the bottle
agin.'
I've all took another snort, sitter than
the fust one. 'Fellers, said !, we don't
want to commences the 'formance till every
man ken go into it, heart and soul
| confess that ! feel mo- like to now than
| ever did befo'. How is it with you,
Parkerf'
=" 'Feller,' says he, how would it do to call
Buck out an, give him drink befo' the fun
commencesln
Wouldn't do tall, not a blamed bit ;
replied Sim. All thar is in the whole bus
ness is the sprize, an eff you tell man that
you are going to s'priza HIM, you couldn't do
1t to save yocr life. Les all hans canine the
color of that Ticker ag'in.
:" That's my ticket, says |. an we lickered.
How do you feel about it now, Parkerr
asked.
g. Reckon wuz sorter foolish he re-
Piled
. i know you wuz,' said Sim. when
you air ready we'll turn the cut loose as Il
wIZ'
. I'm ready says Parker
Good an readyn
d" Vas, stiff-j'inted an anxious
"'Yas.'
She pops. Turn her loose bows
"She did pop, an sich anuther 'sturbance
never hope TO hear agin. Laws a massy;
II peered like the trees tried TO stop no ther
years. an BucS's old houn' dog jumped the
fence, tucked his bob tail an / don't reckon
he's been seed sense. We expected every
mint 10 see old Buck come a FARM
out, but he didn't come. Ailter while tue
DO opened an woman, holdin' candle.
showed herself. She tried TO tell us some
Ihin'-that Buck was fxin' fur us, we
Iowed-but we played 40 loud ON old
Nicks banJer that not a word WIZ hearn.
Ali'ter while, seeing that old Buck want a
comm we let up and axed fur him She
hung open the do an p'inted inter the room.
we crowded in. Buck wus kneelin' by a
pallet on the ho'.
&, " oh, gentlemen said he, my little boy
I'VE all drapped ON our knees. Sim
thar had told the truth The whole neigh